It was partway through Thomas Mariee's 17-day solo packrafting descent of Sierra Leone's Rokel River, and he was hiding in the jungle. Mariee had set up camp at dusk, hoping to conceal his ...

Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion. Health workers say it would ...

Read full article: JSO: One of three missing boaters from capsized boat in St. Johns River found Spring is ... at a hideout in Freetown, Sierra Leone, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu ...

At least 78 % of the population is severely food insecure. Sierra Leone has a literacy rate of 49% (Liberia 48.3%, UK 99%). Despite the post-war rebuilding effort, Sierra Leone's public education ...

In 1672 the British Royal African Company established a base at Bance Island in the Sierra Leone River. Bance Island became a major centre for the transatlantic slave trade. It remained in use for ...

The report by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime conducted the first known testing of the most common varieties of kush available in Sierra Leone and neighboring West ...

The Main Ingredients in Sierra Leone's Kush Are Synthetic Opioids and Cannabinoids, Report Finds DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new report released Tuesday by an anti-transnational crime group has ...